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Circular mirrors, glowing acrylic rods and large yellows discs adorn the ceiling of this canteen for German magazine Der Spiegel (photos by Zooey Braun). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: Dezeen and toy company Papafoxtrot have teamed up to offer readers the chance to win one of six hand crafted wooden boats, each worth more than £100. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Construction will begin this week on the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC designed by architect David Adjaye. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: just like the museum we published earlier today (or yesterday?), this library in Worcester, England, by architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios is covered with shimmering squares of golden metal. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Japanese designer Oki Sato of Nendo will present their inaugural collection for new Singaporean design brand K% at Luminaire‘s Chicago showroom this month. (more…) View the full article

Architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro have proposed a medical education centre at New York’s Columbia University that appears to have had its skin peeled away from its skeleton. (more…) View the full article

Movie: Nike‘s global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti presents the Nike Zoom Superfly R4 sprinting shoe inspired by suspension bridges in this next movie filmed by Dezeen in anticipation of Thursday’s exclusive event at the Nike+ House of Innovation. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen hosts a series of innovative daily live shows at 100% Design from 19-22 September with guests including trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, designers Katrin Olina (above), Philippe Malouin, Benjamin Hubert and Asif Khan, and writers and critics including Sam Jacob and Daniel Charny. (more…) View the full article

This student housing building in Paris by Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti was designed to resembled a stack of wooden baskets. (more…) View the full article

Israeli engineer and systems developer Izhar Gafni has invented a cardboard bicycle that’s strong, waterproof and costs less than £10 to manufacture (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Our pick for job of the week is a position for an architectural assistant at Soho House Group in London. Their worldwide private members clubs feature interiors by well-known designers, including Tom Dixon for Shoreditch House in London (pictured above). Visit the ad for full details or browse many other architecture and design job opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

News: America's first fully digital public library without a single book is set to open this autumn in San Antonio, Texas, and will be based on the design of an Apple store. (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Dik Scheepers has created a cabinet made of oak and translucent corrugated PVC. (more...) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a technician/laser cutting assistant at London surface-design company Giles Miller Studio, whose clients include fashion designer Stella McCartney (pop-up shop shown above). See more stories about Giles Miller Studio on Dezeen here. Visit the ad for full details or browse many other architecture and design job opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Milan 2013: a coffee table topped with a giant hard-boiled sweet and a white chocolate chair are among items in a series of edible furniture by design studio Lanzavecchia + Wai (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Foster + Partners has completed 58-storey bowed tower in Calgary, Canada (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

White vertical fins clad the glazed exterior of this Salt Lake City courthouse by Thomas Phifer and Partners, shading the interior from direct sunlight without restricting the views from inside (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: on the eve of a major exhibition about his life, architect Richard Rogers has spoken of how architecture's civic responsibility has been eroded in "an age of greed". (more...) View the full article

Feature: the office cubicle is 50 years old this year. Andrew Shanahan investigates the history of the system that revolutionised office culture and which, after falling out of favour, is now being re-evaluated. (more…) View the full article

An inflatable pavilion that looks like a soap bubble, by architects Plastique Fantastique, has been popping up around Copenhagen this month (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Here are some more images of Zaha Hadid's Milanese shoe boutique for American footwear designer Stuart Weitzman. (more...) View the full article

News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed new images of his proposed Garden Bridge across London's River Thames, which is now scheduled for completion in 2017 (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Cologne 2014: French designer Philippe Nigro has created a sofa for French furniture brand Ligne Roset with rounded edges like a bar of soap (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: the UK's Royal Mint has unveiled a revised £1 coin with 12 sides, which it hopes will make the currency harder to forge. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2014: Japanese design studio Nendo has unveiled several new pieces to accompany the Peg armchair it produced last year for Italian brand Cappellini (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article